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Friendship's Day 2023: How these Mumbaikars are writing letters unconventionally to engage with pen pals

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Updated on: 07 August,2023 11:57 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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In the age of instant messaging and social media, some Mumbaikars are rediscovering the joy of connecting through letters, these individuals share their experiences of forming meaningful friendships and how it has brought a sense of nostalgia and enrichment to their lives

Friendship's Day 2023: How these Mumbaikars are writing letters unconventionally to engage with pen pals

Every year, International Friendship’s Day is celebrated on July 30, but in India, we celebrate it on the first Sunday of August, i.e. August 6, this year.

Minal Bhatia was a teenager when she was first introduced to the concept of writing letters, which she used to write to exchange students, who were known to her. In the 80s, Bhatia had a lot of pen pals and she would send letters to people all over the world. “Since my grandfather was a member of many international associations like the Indo-Japanese Centre and was also a Rotaract member, a lot of foreign students would come to our house. I used to write letters to them as a child.”

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